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ENGR 482: Test 03 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Technology is not a moral agent and cannot have moral responsibilities. Technology is just a
means to an end. - answer✔Common sense view
artifacts are a part of the moral agent, have some moral responsibility
Tech art and humans are hybrid agents:
- The boundary between subject and object is no longer possible to uphold
- "...morality is inside the things" -Bruno Latour - answer✔Strong view
artifacts have moral relevant because they affect a person's options
- Objects cannot be apart of the subject, therefore they cannot be morally responsible
- Artifacts create new options/reasons for action, artifacts affect the outcome of our actions -
answer✔Moderate view
How technology changes our perception of how the world works.
- Influence of artifacts on human perception
- Ex. Glasses change how you see the world - answer✔Mediation of perception
how technology changes what we are able to do.
- influence of artifacts on human action
- Ex: Stop sign in principal gets people to stop - answer✔Mediation of action
Apply relevant theories and conceptual resources to the Red Light Camera case:
___________: the cameras can lead to safer drivers
___________: installers of cameras are morally good for preventing damage
___________: The cameras enable mediation of safe driving
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___________: The cameras are morally good because they prevent accidents. - answer✔Mediate
action
common sense
Moderate view
Strong view
to do the right thing - answer✔First Order Responsibilities
ensure morally good options are available - answer✔Second Order Responsibilities
what is meant by Kant's thesis that 'ought' implies 'can.'? - answer✔- 'Ought' implies 'can': an
agent has a moral obligation if they are able to perform it
- change in the realm of can implies a change in the realm of ought
- If new actions become available, that were not available before, this may change our moral
obligations.
in ch.1 he talked about how engineers were highly praised from 1850-1950, brought men closer,
and were not at a loss of gratifications. Engineers flourished in the Golden Age (1850-1950) and
were revered/idolized b/c of constant achievement. After 1950, Dark Age began as people
questioned the impacts of technology (intro of H bomb). Depletion of environmental resources
attributed to tech development, etc. Now engineers must be cautious of society's fears when
moving forward. - answer✔basic attitude toward technology expressed by Samuel Florman in
the first chapter of The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
"Is Technology Neutral?" - It is not because it has a value system (its own values) -
answer✔Robert Whelchel presents in "Is Technology Neutral?"
"Technique is the totality of methods, rationally arrived at and having absolute efficiency (for a
given stage of development) in every field of human activity." - answer✔Jacques Ellul meaning
of technique
How Jacques Ellul make his analysis on "Technique" - answer✔He made his analysis following
the teachings of Bernard Charbonneau and Karl Marx.
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
ENGR 482: Test 03 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Technology is not a moral agent and cannot have moral responsibilities. Technology is just a
means to an end. - answer✔Common sense view
artifacts are a part of the moral agent, have some moral responsibility
Tech art and humans are hybrid agents:
- The boundary between subject and object is no longer possible to uphold
- "...morality is inside the things" -Bruno Latour - answer✔Strong view
artifacts have moral relevant because they affect a person's options
- Objects cannot be apart of the subject, therefore they cannot be morally responsible
- Artifacts create new options/reasons for action, artifacts affect the outcome of our actions -
answer✔Moderate view
How technology changes our perception of how the world works.
- Influence of artifacts on human perception
- Ex. Glasses change how you see the world - answer✔Mediation of perception
how technology changes what we are able to do.
- influence of artifacts on human action
- Ex: Stop sign in principal gets people to stop - answer✔Mediation of action
Apply relevant theories and conceptual resources to the Red Light Camera case:
___________: the cameras can lead to safer drivers
___________: installers of cameras are morally good for preventing damage
___________: The cameras enable mediation of safe driving
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10/10/2024 11:44 AM
___________: The cameras are morally good because they prevent accidents. - answer✔Mediate
action
common sense
Moderate view
Strong view
to do the right thing - answer✔First Order Responsibilities
ensure morally good options are available - answer✔Second Order Responsibilities
what is meant by Kant's thesis that 'ought' implies 'can.'? - answer✔- 'Ought' implies 'can': an
agent has a moral obligation if they are able to perform it
- change in the realm of can implies a change in the realm of ought
- If new actions become available, that were not available before, this may change our moral
obligations.
in ch.1 he talked about how engineers were highly praised from 1850-1950, brought men closer,
and were not at a loss of gratifications. Engineers flourished in the Golden Age (1850-1950) and
were revered/idolized b/c of constant achievement. After 1950, Dark Age began as people
questioned the impacts of technology (intro of H bomb). Depletion of environmental resources
attributed to tech development, etc. Now engineers must be cautious of society's fears when
moving forward. - answer✔basic attitude toward technology expressed by Samuel Florman in
the first chapter of The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
"Is Technology Neutral?" - It is not because it has a value system (its own values) -
answer✔Robert Whelchel presents in "Is Technology Neutral?"
"Technique is the totality of methods, rationally arrived at and having absolute efficiency (for a
given stage of development) in every field of human activity." - answer✔Jacques Ellul meaning
of technique
How Jacques Ellul make his analysis on "Technique" - answer✔He made his analysis following
the teachings of Bernard Charbonneau and Karl Marx.
